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Peel the tomatoes - prick them
with a sharp knife, place in a bowl
and cover with boiling water. Leave
for a few seconds then drain and cover with cold water. The skins will
now come away easily.

Chop the tomatoes and aubergine and seed and chop the
peppers. Put in a large heavy-based
pan with the onions and
garlic and bring to the boil. Cover
with a lid, lower the heat and gently
simmer for about one hour, stirring
occasionally, until tender.

Tip the sugar, vinegar, salt, coriander, paprika and cayenne
into the pan and bring to the boil
over a medium heat, stirring, until
the sugar has dissolved. Continue
to boil for 30 minutes or so, until the
mixture achieves a chunky chutney
consistency and the surplus watery
liquid has evaporated. Take care
towards the end of the cooking
time to continue stirring so that the
chutney doesn't catch on the
bottom of the pan.

Ladle the chutney into sterilised or dishwasher-clean jars (Kilner
jars are ideal) and top with paper jam covers. Seal the jars while still
hot. Leave to mature for at least a
month in a cool dark place.

Made this today and its yummy! I followed the advice of others and reduced the amount of cayenne pepper to 1 tsp and it still has a good kick to it. I also found it took longer than 30 mins to reduce down,. I was a bit concerned with the vinegar smell but once i tasted the chutney i realised it was just the smell and it didnt impact the taste at all. I will definately be giving this to people for Christmas.

I wish I'd read the comments about the cayenne beforehand! Very tasty but a bit spicy for me, will halve the amount next time. Took longer than 30 minutes to reach the right consistency - more like 45, with the heat turned up.

You need a huge pan for this. It also was quite costly shopping for all the ingredients. Tasted nice although personally wont make again due to the cost and the amount of chopping involved. I thought it tasted a bit too sweet. Also as everyone appears to say it took way longer to cook. Once i had added the vinegar i boiled it for 1.15 and it still didnt look like it was thickening up but at that point i decided it wasnt going to get any thicker and took it off the heat. Also i only put in 1 tsp of cayenne which was just enough, i think the 2tsp would be far too hot.

Just made this Chutney and it says makes 2.5kg but i only managed to get around 750g. Ive also made another Chutney from the website and had a similar problem. Just wondering if its something im doing or if other people had the same problems.

this chutney was a huge hit the first time i made it 2 years ago for christmas presents, went down a storm last year and i also made it to go with my cheese 'wedding cake' in march and all the guests loved it! fabulous recipe, takes slighly longer than stated to thicken but i just give myself plenty of time and enjoy it all!

I made this recipe last year (first attempt at making Chutney) and it was beautiful, going to make a batch next week and the month after so we have plenty in stock, it made a lot but didnt last very long :0)

Made this chutney for christmas eve nibbles but while cooking it totally forgot to put the vinegar in it. It turned out like a really really lovely spicy jam, perfect with chesse and crackers. mhhh will do it again and this time will forget the vinegar on purpose :-)

As I don't have a heavy-based pan I did put a little water when boiling the vegetables. This meant achieving the chutney consistency took a lot longer than stated (about 3&half hours simmering away) but, it was well worth it! I gave it as xmas presents to family & friends and 2 asked for the recipe and the rest is expecting another batch before next xmas!

I made this beginning Nov 2010 and gave it as Christmas gifts. Smelt horrible when cooking it but that was just the vinegar smell! Took hours to make and I was getting fed up but when I tasted it I was really pleased! It really is tangy and tasty and we love it with cheese and crackers. Only problem is it doesn't last long and is quite a hassle to make. (maybe I don't have the patience for chutney making!)

This was my first attempt at making Chutney and very successful it was!
Everyone who tried it over Christmas was very impressed, my sister polished a jar off to herself in just a couple of weeks!
It did me much longer than the time estimated on the recipe, but the results are very worthwhile.

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